Billie's Blues

The Billie Holiday Songbook, 3 minutes

Billie's Blues

Lyrics

Billie Holiday

Lord I love my man, tell the world I doI love my man, tell the world I doBut when he mistreats meMakes me feel so blue

My man wouldn't give me no breakfastWouldn't give me no dinnerFought about my supper and put me outdoorsHad the dark clay make black spots on my clothesI didn't have so manyBut I had a long, long way to go

Some men like me talkin' happySome calls it snappySome call me honeyOthers think I got moneySome tell me baby you're built for speedNow if you put that all togetherMakes me everthing a good man needs